Version 6.8.4 November 5, 2016

Fixed a bug which caused a crash when an item in the "Files To Copy" window is clicked.

Version 6.8.3 November 3, 2016

Fixed a compatibility problem with macOS Sierra 10.12.1, which was caused by a bug introduced into Sierra by Apple.

Version 6.8.2 March 14, 2016

Fixed a problem with registration, in which a serial number might not be accepted.

Discontinued support for web-based backup monitoring.

Version 6.8 October 1, 2015

Version 6.8 is compatible with El Capitan (Mac OS X 10.11).

Version 6.7 October 15, 2014

Version 6.7 is compatible with Yosemite (Mac OS X 10.10).

In the Files To Copy window, names of older files which replace newer files are shown in bold.

Version 6.6 October 14, 2013

Version 6.6 is compatible with Mavericks (Mac OS X 10.9).

Improved the way that AutoSync is installed and launched.

Starting scripts is now deferred while editing settings in the Options menu.

Version 6.5.1 August 10, 2012

Fixed a problem which could result in a crash during the folder scan.

Version 6.5 July 25, 2012

This version is compatible with Mountain Lion (Mac OS X 10.8).

Added optimization of memory allocation, to speed up large backups.

Version 6.3.1 January 1, 2012

Fixed a problem with the acceptance of serial numbers.

Fixed a problem which could cause warnings to not be shown.

Version 6.3 September 2, 2011

Document revisions are now backed up on Lion.

Repeated error messages from 'automountd' about about a file named "Synchronize! Volume ID" no longer appear in the system log on Lion.

Fixed a problem in opening a renamed setup document.

Version 6.2 February 11, 2011

Added the ability to choose invisible files in "Copy only folders" and "Don't copy folders" in the Option menu. Hold down the Option key when clicking "Add" to show invisible files.

Added a checkbox to the "Warnings" page of the Preferences to disable a warning when folders in "Don't copy folders" in the Option menu can't be found. The warning is enabled by default.

Changed the "Remove from list" button in the Files To Copy window to "Don't copy this time", for better clarity. Changed the "Don't copy" button to "Don't copy always". The "Don't copy always" button adds a permanent entry to the setup to prevent the file or folder from being copied.

Changed AutoSync to wait for a volume to be mounted or unmounted for 5 seconds before auto-starting a sync or backup.

Fixed a crash which could occur if a scheduled backup occurs while a folder scan is running.

Very old modification dates are now displayed as "---" in the Files To Copy window, as they are in the Finder.

Fixed a problem with the display of the arrow in the Files To Copy window, for folders whose names are different only in case. Previously, the arrow always pointed in only one direction.

Fixed a problem which could cause some files to not be correctly handled in a synchronization when the files were copied from right to left.

Fixed a problem when "Copy only folders" is used with "Multiple Items". Folders are now correctly excluded.

Version 6.1.3 September 20, 2010

Added automatic deletion of a lone ".DS_Store" file for the "Move files" feature.

Fixed a problem in the display of data sizes > 2 TB in the Status window.

Corrected a problem in copying ACLs and extended attributes to locked files.

Fixed a problem with removing items from the list in the "Files To Copy" window.

Version 6.1.2 June 23, 2010

Added an item to the Defaults page of the Preferences to change the initial value of "Show completion dialog announcement" in "Completion Options".

Removing items from the "Files To Copy" window is now much faster.

Fixed a problem which in some circumstances results in a "Can't delete an item" error.

Version 6.1.1 December 22, 2009

"Show completion dialog announcement" in "Completion Options" is now the default.

Added a workaround for an Apple bug which often causes iterator errors.

Fixed a problem which could incorrectly show an error about duplicate volume ID's.

Fixed a problem which prevented a change to "If sync time is passed at login" in "Start Options" from being saved.

Added a warning about Fast Scan and the possibility that a failure of the Apple technology FS Events, which Fast Scan is based on, might cause files to not be backed up. Fast Scan is no longer the default for a "Bootable System Backup".

The "/var/vm" folder is now copied.

The shared dyld cache is now rebuilt if needed.

Version 6.1 August 26, 2009

This version is compatible with Snow Leopard.

Added a warning when older files will replace newer files. This can be turned off on the "Warnings" page of the Preferences.

Added a setting "Check for available space before copying a file" to the "File Errors" page of the Preferences.

Added the ability to turn off warnings when "Fast Scan" is enabled.

Fixed a problem which could result in an error when copying a locked package.

Fixed a problem with "Open Recent" which could show multiple entries for a single setup document.

Version 6.0.7 February 15, 2009

Fixed a problem with creating temporary files in the wrong location.

Version 6.0.6 February 10, 2009

Changed the "Multiple Items" window so that it is resizable.

The Preference setting "Ask Finder to eject disks" has been removed on OS X 10.5, because the Finder now presents a dialog which interrupts unattended ejection of a disk.

Fixed a problem which could cause a disk to not be found.

Fixed a problem which caused "Don't copy files" "which are labelled" to not work correctly.

Fixed a problem which could cause the "Creating folders..." stage of copying files to hang.

"Fast scan" can now be used on a "Backup" to a folder on a remote disk. For Fast Scan to be used in this situation, the "Check backup disk for changes" box may not be checked.

Fixed a problem which in rare instances could cause a problem booting a backup disk.

Version 6.0 April 25, 2008

Added folder watching, so that real-time backups can be triggered when folder contents change. See the Start Options for details. Available on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and later.

Added backup monitoring, so that email notification for a backup that occurs, has errors, is missed, or doesn't complete is sent. Status and logs for backups can be accessed using any web browser. Emails are sent even if the computer scheduled to do the backup is inoperative.

Added copying of ACLs (Access Control Lists), which provide an enhanced method of allowing and denying access to files.

Added a separate display of the name of the file to be opened in "Start Options" and "Completion Options".

When multiple items are all on the same disk, the disk name is shown below the "Multiple Items" label on the folder, both in the Main Window and in the "Files To Copy" window.

A linked sync (executed using "Open a file" in the Completion Options) now runs before any other sync in the Waiting List.

The top-level folder of a sync or backup is no longer removed when "Move files" is checked.

If a folder in the "Don't copy folders" list no longer exists, there is now no user interaction. An error message is still entered into the Log.

Fixed a bug which prevented disks from being ejected when "Run as root" is checked.

Fixed a crash which occurred when "Show files to copy" is checked for a synchronization with "Run as root" also checked.

Version 5.1.3 November 5, 2007

Fixed a problem which caused the second of two bootable backups executed in succession to not run.

Fixed a problem which caused the automatic installation of AutoSync to fail on non-admin user accounts.

Fixed a problem which caused "Use name only to identify a volume" to not work for operations with "Run as root" checked in the Options menu.

Version 5.1.2 October 31, 2007

Fixed a problem which caused a warning for a non-GUID partition to always occur.

Version 5.1.1 October 26, 2007

Fixed a problem which caused Synchronize! Pro X to crash on startup on some Tiger systems due to a dynamic load (dyld) error.

This version does not save QuickLook previews. When the dyld error is corrected, this capability will be added again.

Version 5.1 October 25, 2007

Made changes for compatibility with Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5). This version of Synchronize! Pro X requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later.

Added a window which shows the current system disk. On Leopard, don't assume that the disk icon in the top-right of the Desktop is the system (boot) disk, because it may not be. Instead, open Synchronize! Pro X and use the Windows menu to choose "System Disk".

Setup documents are now packages, so that QuickLook can be supported on Leopard. The conversion to a package happens automatically when the document is saved.

Fixed a problem which could cause a "too many files open" error if many backups were run over a long period of time.

Fixed a problem which prevented the computer from shutting down at the completion of a backup or synchronization.

Disk mounting should be less fragile, because volume UUID's are now used to identify and mount a disk.

Connections to remote disks no longer hang the application while the connection is made, and the connection attempt can be cancelled at any time.

A warning is now issued when the volume partition scheme isn't the Apple-supported "GUID Partition Scheme". Some Intel Macs won't boot from a disk with the "Apple Partition Method" scheme, while others will.

Spotlight is inhibited from indexing files on a disk to which files are being copied, which improves file copying performance.

Version 5.0.7 March 25, 2007

Fixed a crash which occurs due to a bug in OS X 10.4.9.

Version 5.0.6 February 14, 2007

Fixed a problem with unmounting network disks.

Fixed a problem which caused unnecessary entries to be made to the system console.

Fixed a problem with enabling the Remove button when selecting items in the "Copy only folders..." lists.

When a case-sensitive volume is detected as the destination of a "Bootable System Backup", the user is notified and the backup is not allowed to proceed. OS X cannot boot from a case-sensitive volume.

Version 5.0.5 February 5, 2007

Do not use version 5.0.5, because it may crash.

Version 5.0.4 October 18, 2006

Fixed a problem with saving Auto-Connect passwords on Intel Macs.

Version 5.0.3 October 17, 2006

Fixed a problem which could cause a crash on Intel Macs.

Improved the unmounting of volumes.

Version 5.0.2 July 17, 2006

Fixed a problem which could cause items in "Open Recent" in the File menu to not be editable.

Version 5.0.1 July 12, 2006

A change in the locked state of a file or folder is now copied to the destination for setup types of "Backup" and "Bootable System Backup".

Added a warning when using a PC-format disk with the default "Comparing files..." settings, with an offer to change to the correct settings.

Changed installation of AutoSync so that the application permissions are always set to Read/Write for all, so that another admin user can also install without running into a problem because the AutoSync app can't be replaced.

"Ignore ownership" is automatically unchecked for the source and destination volume if "Copy owner/group" is checked in the "Permissions" window in the Start Options.

Fixed a problem which could cause a "too many files open" error when syncing with a Windows (SMB) computer or server.

Fixed a crash which could occur when choosing a folder.

Added a running count of the number of folders created, so that when this step takes a while, progress can be seen.

Fixed a problem in generating an encrypted email request for the purchase of a serial number on an Intel Mac.

Version 5.0 February 21, 2006

Added support for native operation on Macintosh computers with an Intel processor.

Added force eject to "Completion Options".

Version 4.1.1 September 3, 2005

Fixed a problem which caused the appearance of a hang during a bootable backup.

Version 4.1 September 1, 2005

Added copying of labels even if the file hasn't changed. This works only for a "Setup type" of "Backup" or "Bootable System Backup".

Added filtering of files by size.

Fixed a problem in which files deleted due to "Sync deleted files" were not archived.

Fixed a problem which occurred when "Copy owner & group" is checked but "Run as root" is not, which caused an unnecessary attempt to copy permissions.

"Verify" no longer compares resource forks for aliases, because they are always different and a comparison generates spurious log entries.

"Show a window announcing completion" is now enabled by default.

"Use generic icons for network volumes" is now enabled by default.

Version 4.0.2 June 3, 2005

Added a check and a warning for bootable system backups to USB drives. Mac OS X will not start up from a USB drive.

Fixed an error (1014) that occurs on Tiger.

Fixed a problem which could cause a folder to not be deleted if there are zero files in the folders being synced.

Fixed a problem in the Files To Copy window which redisplayed an item removed from the list if its parent folder is closed and opened again.

Corrected the prompt shown when clicking the "Add" button in the file and folder filter options.

Version 4.0.1 May 10, 2005

Added support for Jaguar (Requires OS X 10.2.3 and later).

Version 4.0 April 29, 2005

Added support for Tiger (OS X 10.4). This version is not compatible with Jaguar (OS X 10.2).

Added the ability to copy or not copy extended attributes.

Version 3.6.1 February 23, 2005

Speeded up the folder scan.

Version 3.6 February 21, 2005

Added the ability to retry copying a file that changes while it is being copied, and to set what happens if a file changes while it is being copied. Please see the "File Change&quot page in the Preferences for details.

Changed some of the files that are backed up, and those that aren't, to improve bootability under some circumstances.

Improved handling of licensing for multiple users logging on to a single computer.

Changed the way iDisk-mounted volumes are treated, to reduce network traffic.

Fixed a problem which could cause a file in conflict to be copied, even though "Don't copy either file" was set as the requested action.

Version 3.5 November 19, 2004

Added an optional completion window when a backup completes. See "Completion Options" in the Options menu.

Added "Use name only to identify a volume" to the Disk Errors page of the Preferences. When this box is checked, only the name of the disk is used to identify it, instead of identifying each disk uniquely.

Added a warning when the direction of a backup is changed.

Locked aliases are now copied without error.

Skipping a large number of files no longer results in a "too many files open" error.

Version 3.4.3 August 6, 2004

Added a "Ask Finder to eject disks" check box to the General preferences page.

Fixed a problem which caused double-clicks to not be noticed in the Files To Copy window on some systems.

Fixed a problem which could occur when there was more than one entry in the "Copy files" or "Don't copy files" by name settings.

Fixed creation of conflict folders when "Multiple Items" is enabled. The path of conflict folders is now logged.

The paths of conflicting files are now logged.

Fixed a problem in which files with name conflicts weren't being moved to the Conflicts Folder.

Fixed a problem which occurred when the Files To Copy window was made very large and the available monitor size is smaller the next time the application is opened. The window is now limited in size under these conditions.

Version 3.4.2 May 16, 2004

Fixed a crash which could occur when opening the application.

Fixed a problem in AutoSync - it sometimes issued an error message when it shouldn't.

Version 3.4.1 May 15, 2004

Fixed a problem with double-clicking a file to reverse the direction it will be copied.

Fixed a problem when using a password whose length is > 8 characters in Auto-Connect.

Solved a problem which could occur when copying contents of a folder with read-only permissions. This commonly occurred for attachments in Mail and Entourage.

Version 3.4 May 1, 2004

The Files To Copy window is substantially improved. Changes include being able to open any number of items in the list, showing icons for files and folders, faster generation of the window and very rapid scrolling.

The Files To Copy window now has a "Don't copy" button which allows specific files and folders to be excluded from future operations.

The path to any existing file or folder in the Files To Copy list can be seen by command-clicking the item's icon. The path can be copied by option-clicking the icon. Textual paths are available in a standard form and a special form suitable for Terminal (special characters are escaped).

There is a new page in the Preferences for setting the behavior of the Files To Copy window, including font and type size.

Added criteria for including and excluding specific files. The entire path is used to identify the files, so files of the same name are distinguished.

Added separate matching criteria for each file or folder partial name. For example, criteria can now include files that "start with" "myTest" or end with ".jpg".

The path to a file or folder included by "Which are in the list" is shown when the mouse is held over the folder name.

Added the ability to automatically prune old archived files by age.

Fixed a problem which could cause a backup or sync to fail because the operating system wouldn't allow a temporary file to be created.

Version 3.3.1 March 12, 2004

Added "Open without starting" to File menu, to facilitate changing sync setups that can't be cancelled because the countdown time is set to zero.

Added the ability to set Multiple Items files and folders by dragging them from the desktop.

Added the ability to change the order of the Multiple Items list.

Fixed a crash which could occur when using "Multiple Items" to sync individual files.

Version 3.3 March 3, 2004

Added "Multiple Items" option. This allows multiple folders and files to be specifically synced or backed up, and will eventually replace "Resolve aliases".

Added "PC Compatibility" option. This prevents resource forks from being copied to a PC-formatted disk.

Fixed a problem which prevented empty folders from being deleted after a move.

Fixed a problem that could cause a crash when connecting to a remote server using "Browse", instead of "Connect To Server".

Fixed a problem which prevented empty folders from being deleted after a move.

Version 3.2.3 December 29, 2003

Added the ability to not copy file permissions.

Fixed a problem in announcing that a folder couldn't be found.

Fixed a problem which could interfere with making a bootable backup.

Version 3.2.2 November 22, 2003

Fixed a problem which could cause booting difficulty on certain hardware configurations.

Temporary files and swap files are no longer copied.

Errors for alias resolution are now automatically skipped according to Preferences settings.

Version 3.2.1 October 31, 2003

Fixed a problem which could allow a bootable backup to be made to a disk which has the "Ignore ownership on this volume" attribute set.

Eliminated copying some unneeded files for a bootable system backup.

Version 3.2 October 24, 2003

Added file and folder exclusion using labels, which are available in Panther (Mac OS X 10.3).

Fixed a problem when selecting folders using Panther.

Fixed a crash when truncating names for destination volumes which don't support more than 31-character file names.

Version 3.1 October 16, 2003

Added the ability to automatically mount a locally-connected disk. It's part of "Auto-Connect" in the Options menu.

Added testing of disk-full conditions to work around insufficiencies in the file system - "out of space" conditions are reported as other errors.

Fixed a bug which prevented locked files from being archived.

Fixed a problem which could cause deleted files removed from the Files to Copy list to be deleted anyway.

Fixed a problem which could cause other error messages if a disk was not found and then skipped.

Fixed a bug which may cause saving of an email purchase request text file to fail.

Fixed a problem which caused folder paths listed in the Log during Verify operations to have misplaced colons (":").

Version 3.0.5 September 8, 2003

".DS_Store" files are no longer archived.

Fixed a problem in which "Don't copy folders" didn't always exclude all other folders.

Fixed a problem in which "Archive only folders" sometimes archived all files, instead of selected files.

Version 3.0.4 August 11, 2003

Added support for the mouse wheel, page up and page down keys in the Log window.

Changed "beep on error" (in the Preferences) so that it doesn't beep more often than once every 5 seconds.

Fixed a hang which could occur when installing AutoSync.

Fixed a problem which occurred when very large numbers of files were synced. When the resource fork can't
contain the sync database, a separate file in the same folder as the sync document is used to contain the information.

Fixed a problem with saving the information in the Start Options for opening a file before a backup.

Version 3.0.3 June 24, 2003

Fixed a problem in the 3.0.2 release which caused the "Copy only folders" function to not work.

Version 3.0.2 June 21, 2003

Fixed a problem which could cause an archive chunk to grow beyond the desired limit.

Fixed a problem with "Don't archive folders" for the "Archive files" function.

Fixed a crash which could occur with large data sets if "Archive files" was enabled.

Fixed a problem which could cause other Login Items to be deleted when AutoSync is installed.

Fixed a problem with reporting errors which occur when aliases are updated.

Version 3.0.1 June 11, 2003

Changed the default group folder size for an archive to 600 MB. A Finder-mounted CD-R contains a maximum of only 610 MB.

Made the GroupFolderSize archive file visible, to make it easy to put in the Trash.

Fixed a potential problem in file archiving, in which the GroupFolderSize file might not be accessible if archiving was first done as root, then as some other user.

Version 1.2.6 November 22, 2002

Fixed the display of names in the file and folder filter dialogs in the Japanese version.

Version 1.2.5 September 26, 2002

Worked around a bug in OS X 10.2 and 10.2.1 which causes some files to not be reported, even though they exist.

Completion options are now skipped if the user cancels.

Fixed a problem which caused files in the top-level folder to be copied even if "Copy only folders..." settings should prevent it.

The Waiting List window is now automatically hidden when it is emptied.

Version 1.2.4 - Japanese version only - August 21, 2002

Fixed a crash which could occur in the Japanese version.

Version 1.2.3 August 12, 2002

Fixed a cosmetic problem with the display of icons on Mac OS 10.2 (Jaguar).

Fixed a problem with the display of GB file sizes in the Status window.

Fixed a crash which could occur while checking conflicts.

Added a diamond in the Options menu to indicate non-default Privileges.

Beta Version 2.0b1 August 7, 2002

Added the ability to make bootable system backups without having to log in as root.

All files which are copied or deleted are now entered in the Log, when the "Log copied files" preference is checked.

The "Scanning folders..." dialog no longer appears in front of the current application window.

Added a diamond in the Options menu to indicate non-default Privileges.

Unicode file names and paths are now always correctly displayed in dialogs.

Fixed a crash which could occur while checking conflicts.

Fixed a problem with the display of GB file sizes in the Status window.

Version 1.2.2 June 4, 2002

Fixed a problem which could cause a crash when syncing large numbers of items with conflict checking on.

Fixed a problem with file names longer than 112 characters.

Version 1.2.1 May 28, 2002

Changed the display of file sizes to "2.13 GB", instead of "2,131 MB".

Fixed a problem which prevented automatic syncs from starting at login. This could also prevent other
automatic syncs from being started if Synchronize! Pro X wasn't already running.

Fixed a problem with setting the "Don't start" time period in the Start Options.

Version 1.2 May 17, 2002

Added a progress bar for the folder scan.

If a disk is found to be full while replacing a file, the file to be replaced is deleted.
Normally, the file is not deleted until the replacement file is fully copied.

Added "Skip all files with this error" to the File Errors Preferences so that all files with a particular error can be skipped after a period of time.

Added "Skip files..." to the Options menu. This allows files which can't be copied because of insufficient privileges to be skipped.

The backed-up volume is now bootable without selecting it in System Preferences.

Date and time of the last backup is now correctly displayed in Japanese.

Norton FileSaver files are skipped, to avoid a crash when these files are written.

"Copy locked state" is now the default setting for syncs and backups.

Fixed a problem which occurred when copying locked folders from a Windows server. Folders can't be unlocked in the Finder, and are never locked in OS X,
so they are never locked when copying them.

Version 1.1 April 10, 2002

Added Privileges control to the Options. This feature optionally allows all file and folder
privileges to be copied, even when the files themselves don't need to be copied, and privileges of
copied files and folders to be specifically set.

Fixed a problem which occurred when copying large files (> 128K) to Windows servers.

Added a warning for system backups when not logged in as root.

".DS_Store" files are now copied for all backups which copy all files.

Version 1.0.3 March 25, 2002

Locked files are now deleted without error.

The Status window now shows long Unicode file names.

Fixed a problem which caused "SyncTemp" files to be left behind.

Fixed a problem which sometimes caused a "Can't find the disk" error.

Fixed a problem which caused the Pause and Stop buttons in the Status
window to not be re-enabled when continuing after an error.

Fixed a crash which occurred when editing the Open Recent menu.

Updated the Open Recent menu editing so that Unicode filenames are displayed.

All windows except some error dialogs should show Japanese file and folder names correctly.

Fixed a bug which causes a crash if you close a changed document window and click Save.

Version 1.0.2 March 7, 2002

Fixed a problem which causes files on some network disks to not be recognized.

Version 1.0.1 March 6, 2002

Creates bootable backups of system disks!

The demo mode now works with folders 10 MB in size all the time.

Fixed a problem with including or excluding folders by name.

Fixed a problem in which files were not being correctly ignored by "Sync deleted files".

A problem which caused the modification dates of files to which aliases referred to be set to the year 2036 is fixed.